Hydrocarbon vaporizer and burner.



C. MENDELL. HYDROGARBON VAPORIZEB AND BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17,1909.

Patented Nov. 15,1910.

w th-ems CHARLES MENDELL, OF'MORAN, KANSAS HYDRDGABBON VAPORIZER ANDBURNER.

Sneciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed, December 17, 1909. Serial No. 533,618.

Patented N ov; 15, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MINDELL, citizen of the United States,residing at. Moran, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarhnm Vaporizersand Burners, of which the following is chamber or retort is used, inwhich the gas is aerated, burners being located immediatey beneath thegenerator and having.

jets. directed toward the generator so as to heat the oil and vaporizethe same prior to its age to, the jets.

e object of my invention is to provide a burner of this character havingan exceedingly simple and effective construction,

which may be composed of ordinary pipe fittings, which does not requirealteration of v the ordin stove for the placement of the burner, anin'which the flame is directed most advantageously against thegenerating chamber or retort.

For a full understanding of the invention .and. themerits thereofluandto acquire a owledgc of the details of construction, reference is to behad to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a stove showing myimproved burner in place therein; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe burner; and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form ofburner.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of. the'drawing by the samereference characters.

Referring to these figures, 2 designates a cylindrical generatingchamber, preferably composed of a short length-of pipe, the ends thereofbeing screw-threaded, one end for engagement with a reducer cap 3 andthe other for engagement with an elbow 5. The feed pipe 4 enters thesmaller extremity of the reducing cap 3. The elbow 5 is provided at itsunder end with a reducing plug 6 which has screw-threaded engagementwith a relatively small conducting pipe 7 which extends alongimmediately beneath and in alinement with the generating pipe 2 and atits extremity is screw-threaded into a tee 8 which in turn is connectedto the opposed elbows 9, these elbows having screw-threaded engagementwith parallelbui'ner pipes 10 which have caps at their ends, as catill.These burner pipes are-each provided with a pluralityof openings 12which are so disposed upon the pipes 10 that the flame jet rom each ofthe,op'enin'gs is inwardly and upwardly toward the bottom of thegenerating pipe 2, the flames directed inwardly at such an angle thatthe two flames will meet and willbe spread by contact with the bottom ofthe enerat-ing 'The reducer. cap 3, as fiefore remarked, is connected tothe feed pipe 4, which feed pipe is relatively small n roportion to, thegeneriting pi 2 an is adapted to extend out througg one of the sidevalves ofa stove. of an usualoonstruction. The extremity of e pipe is0011'- nected with a globevalve 12 or other suitable valve having thevalve spindleli whereby the valve may be operated. A conducting ipe 13leads to an oil reservoir which may located at an'yesui'table point,butshould be located from six; to ei t feet away from the stove andataosuitab height above the stove or burnerto provide for a properfeedingof the oil. The-valve 12 is tobe soregulated that only a limitedsupply of oil will pass-through the pipe 4 and into the generatingchamber 2 ,so that the oil, when it reaches the generating-chamber, willpass along the bottom thereof and in sucha shallow stream that it willbe vaporized before it passes into prevent small quantities ofunvaporized oil from passiiig into the pipe 7 and thence into the pipe10, detaining said oil until it comes vaporized. Any slight excess ofOll not immediately vaporized will flow in the elbow 5 and will dripinto the lower portion of the elbow 5 and be dammed by the plug 6.

It will be'seen that this form of my invention is extremely simple, maybe cheaply made, and may be easily ap lied.- It does not require anysupporting ase, nor does the burner have to be permanently fitted withinthe stove. The opposed pipes 10 act as a base for the support oftheburner within the stove. These pipes may rest upon the grate of thestove, orthe bottom ate may be removedand the pipe 4 extended into thestove at the point where the extremity r the pipe 7. It is to be'notedthatithe pipe? v of the grate bar usually projects. The air from theusual draft slides of the stove gives a sutlicient draft. It is also tobe noted that the elbow 5 forms part ofthe generating chamber. so thatthe oil, from the moment of its entranoe'into the reducer 3, to the timeit passes out of the reducer 6, is subjected to vaporizing heat.

In Fig. 3 I show another form of my invention in which the arrangementis practically the same as that described, except that it is double. Inthisfigure, 2 designates the generating chamber which, at itsextremitieshas screw-threaded engagement with the returned bends or elbows 5" whichat their extremities are rovided with the reducer plug 6 from whlch passthe pipes 7*, to the extremitiesof. which are attached the tees 8, theelbows 9 and the parallel burner pipes 10, these pipes-havingperforations in them, by which the jets of flame will be directedagainst the generator 2. The generator is connected to a feed pipe 13andlarly applicable to cook stoves, though I do not wish to limit it tothat.

In starting the burner, ashes, or other absorbent. materialupon thegrate bars of the stove may be moistened with oil and thenignited sothat a flame will be generated which will surround the vaporizingchamber and heat the same until the oil admitted thereto becomesvaporized, whereupon this oil will be ignited at the jets, as beforedescribed, and from that time on until the oil is burnedofi", therewillbe a constant generation of vapor in'the vaporizing chamber and. aconstant supply of this vapor to the jets. c

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A hydrbcarbon burner includinga rela tively large cylindricalgenerating chamber connected at one end to a relatively small feed pipe,an elbow forming a continuation of the other end of the generatingchamber and extending to a point below the same, an intermediate smallpipe extending from the lower end of'the elbow parallel to the generating chamber and beneath the same, a T on the extremity of theintermediate small pipe, and perforated burner pipes connected to theends of the T and extending toward the other end of the intermediatesmall pipe and parallel to the same. v

2; An oil burner of the class described,

3. A hydrocarbon burner of the character described, comprising acylindrical generating chamber, a relatively small feed pipe enteringsaid chamber, rovided with a valve, a return bend attached to the end ofthe generatin chamber and having the same size as sai chamber, saidreturn bend extending downward to a'point below the, generating chamber,a plug closing the lower end of the return bend, a conductlng ipeinserted into said plug and extending :ilong beneath the generatingchamber, a tee carried upon the end of sa1d pipe, opposed elbowsconnected to the tee, and burner pipes" extending toward the return bendfrom said elbows,

said burner pipes being provided each with a plurality of perforationsdirected tJWard the generating chamber.

4. In a burner of the character described, a relatively largecylindrical generator, a supply pipe connected to said generator,opposed return bends attached to the opposite extremities of thege'nerator and extending down therefrom to a point belowthe same, 'plu's closing the'ends of the return bends, sai return bends having thesame size as the generator, a relatively small conducting pipe extendingfrom the end of each of the return -bends, in alinement with. thegenerator, and reversely extending opposed parallel burner pipesconnected-to the end of eacll of the conducting pipes, said burner pipesbein provided with perforations directed towar the generator.

5. A hydrocarbon burner, including a relatively large generatingchamber, an inlet pipe leading directly into the end of the chamber, theinlet pipe being in alinement with said chamber, an elbow ofapproximately the same diameteras the generating chamber attached to theend of the generating chamber opposite to the inlet pipe and extendingdownward to a point below the generating chamber, a relatively smallpipe connected to the elbow and extending parallel to the generatingchamber, elbows on the end of said pipe, and parallel burner pipesattached to said last named elbow and extending toward the first namedelbowand each provided with perforations along its whole extent directedtoward the generating chamber, said burner pipes acting as supports forthe burner.

6 A hydrocarbon burner including a generating chamber connected at oneend to a feed pipe, an elbow forming acontinuation of the other end ofthe generating chamber and extending downward to a point below the same,an intermediate pipe extending from the lower end of the elbowapproximately parallel to the generating chamber underneath the same, aT on the extremity of the intermediate pipe, and perforated burner pipesconnected to the endsof the T and extending toward the other end of theintermediate pipe and parallel to the same, said burner pipes beingthereby adapted to'support the burner.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MENDELL. [L. 3.

Witnesses:

HELEN M; ISERMAN, H. M. VARNER.

